The National Association of Rocketry hosted on event Saturday where rocket aficionados could send their high-powered model rockets flying thousands of feet into the sky. FOX LOCAL photojournalist Eli ...

The space exploration business is booming in our day and age, and that is owed, not it small part, to the countless startups that provide transportation to space for all those who need it. But whereas ...

Dear Johnnie: A few years back my son was given a ticket for launching a small Estes model rocket from a concrete pad in a Longmont park. Fire danger was the reason given. I didn’t know that concrete ...

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For Antonio Bartling, there are few more satisfying ways to spend a Saturday morning than launching rockets. “It’s amazing to see a rocket fly, especially if it’s a rocket you built,” said Bartling, ...

If you’ve ever built a model rocket, you’ll know there’s not a whole lot to them. Essentially it’s a cardboard tube, a plastic nosecone, some fins, and a little clip that will keep it riding the ...

When building a model rocket, it can be fun to get into the maths of it all—calculating the expected performance of your build, and then seeing how it measures up in the real world. To aid in that ...

Last October, the Rhode Island Model Rocketry Association (RIMRA) partnered with the VA to offer a rocket-building workshop at the Providence VA Medical Center for veterans and their families. In ...